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The history of syphilis is being rewritten by a medieval skeleton

Columbus may not have brought syphilis back to the Old World after all. Enlarge In the last days of the 1400s, a terrible epidemic swept through Europe. Men and women spiked sudden fevers. Their joints ached, and they b.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaSep 23rd, 2023

Portal to the past: Geologist identifies metamorphic rock as a crucial feature of the ancient Earth"s carbon cycle

If Earth's history were a calendar year, humans would not appear until the last few minutes before midnight on Dec. 31. During the Proterozoic Eon—2.5 billion years to 543 million years ago—the sun was still a young star, much dimmer than today,.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 4th, 2024

Webb confirms a longstanding galaxy model

Perhaps the greatest tool astronomers have is the ability to look backward in time. Since starlight takes time to reach us, astronomers can observe the history of the cosmos by capturing the light of distant galaxies......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 4th, 2024

Computer modeling research reveals the changing history of a global ice sheet

Imagine that a massive ice sheet covered Canada and oozed down over a large part of the northern United States, like icing spilling down the side of a cake. That was the situation somewhere between 19,000 and 26,000 years ago. The ice sheet covered l.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 4th, 2024

A physicist and his cat "reveal" the equation of cat motion

In the social media age, there is little doubt about who is the star of the animal kingdom. Cats rule the screens just as their cousins, the lions, rule the savanna. Thanks to Erwin Schrödinger, this feline also has a place of honor in the history o.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 4th, 2024

Skeleton found in attic 15 years after former owner vanished

Skeleton found in attic 15 years after former owner vanished.....»»

Category: gadgetSource:  yahooRelated NewsNov 4th, 2024

23 Years of the iPod: How Elite Obsolete Electronics keeps the music playing

There’s probably enough material to produce a book about the importance of the iPod to Apple’s history (and revenue). Yet, the company said goodbye to the brand in 2022 as it finally discontinued the last edition of the iPod Touch. There is a sma.....»»

Category: gadgetSource:  9to5macRelated NewsNov 4th, 2024

You can now search through your chat history with ChatGPT on the web

OpenAI makes ChatGPT history searchable......»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsNov 3rd, 2024

Ancient mud reveals Australia"s burning history over the past 130,000 years—and a way forward in current fire crisis

Increased land management by Aboriginal people in southeastern Australia around 6,000 years ago cut forest shrub cover in half, according to our new study published in Science of fossil pollen trapped in ancient mud......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 3rd, 2024

Star Wars: Skeleton Crew trailer: The Jedi kids are alright in new Disney+ show

In the new trailer for Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, Jude Law teams with four kids to take on space pirates in a coming-of-age adventure. .....»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsNov 1st, 2024

Inside a 1760 schoolhouse for Black children is a complicated history of slavery and resilience

Inside a 1760 schoolhouse for Black children is a complicated history of slavery and resilience.....»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsNov 1st, 2024

Forget SearchGPT, you can finally search your ChatGPT chat history

OpenAI chose to celebrate Halloween in a most unusual way. The company surprised everyone by giving ChatGPT users access to its SearchGPT online search tool. … The post Forget SearchGPT, you can finally search your ChatGPT chat history appeared.....»»

Category: gadgetSource:  bgrRelated NewsNov 1st, 2024

Beware pirates and booby traps in new Skeleton Crew trailer

The Goonies-inspired Star Wars spinoff series set in same timeframe as The Mandalorian and Ahsoka. Jude Law stars as Force-user Jod Na Nawood in Star Wars: Skelet.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsNov 1st, 2024

NTSB final report details cause of crash that killed Wichita Falls couple, pilot"s history

NTSB final report details cause of crash that killed Wichita Falls couple, pilot"s history.....»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsNov 1st, 2024

When will we know who won the 2024 election?

Election officials anticipate 2024 to be the most streamlined and secure election in history. But results may still take longer than the public hopes. Less than a week out from election day, as many around the country send in their mail-in ball.....»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsOct 31st, 2024

Tiny fragments of a 4-billion-year-old asteroid reveal its history

In June 2018, Japan's Hayabusa 2 mission reached asteroid 162173 Ryugu. It studied the asteroid for about 15 months, deploying small rovers and a lander, before gathering a sample and returning it to Earth in December 2020......»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsOct 31st, 2024

Machine-learning analysis tracks the evolution of 16th-century European astronomical thought

A team of computer scientists, astronomers and historians in Berlin has used machine-learning applications to learn more about the evolutionary history of European astronomical thought in the 15th and 16th centuries. In their study published in the j.....»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsOct 31st, 2024

Research reveals delayed evolutionary origin of Asteriidae sea stars

A study published in PeerJ has reshaped our understanding of the evolutionary history of sea stars, particularly the family Asteriidae. The study, titled "Phylogenetic and taxonomic revisions of Jurassic sea stars support a delayed evolutionary origi.....»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated NewsOct 31st, 2024

Reddit just achieved something for the first time in its 20-year history

Reddit has turned a profit for the first time in its history, and its daily user base has grown to almost 100 million users......»»

Category: topSource:  telegraphRelated NewsOct 30th, 2024

Reddit just achieved something for the first time in its 20-year history

Reddit has turned a profit for the first time in its history, and its daily user base has grown to almost 100 million users......»»

Category: topSource:  telegraphRelated NewsOct 30th, 2024

Your ChatGPT conversation history is now searchable

ChatGPT chat histories are now searchable within the web app so you can quickly find and surface relevant information from previous conversations......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsOct 29th, 2024